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numerous fine lines or bands of 

 colour (zool.) ; marked by numerous 

 irregular depressed lines (hot.}. 



vermiform (veYmif6rm) a. [L. vermis, 

 worm ; forma, shape.] Shaped 

 like a worm ; appl. numerous struc- 

 tures, but especially to the ap- 

 pendix. 



vermis (veYmis) n. [L. vermis, 

 worm.] The annulated median 

 portion of the cerebellum (anat.) ; 

 the central portion of the cerebellum 

 in Birds and Reptiles (zool.). 



vernation (vfirna'shun) n. [L. verna- 

 tion, sloughing.] The arrangement 

 of leaves within a bud (dot.). 



verruca (vgrook'a) n. [L. verruca, 

 wart.] Any wart-like projection ; 

 one of the small wart-like pro- 

 jections surrounding the base of 

 the polyps in many of the Alcyo- 

 naria (zoo/.). 



verruciform (veroos'if6rm) a. [L. 

 verruca, wart ; forma, shape.] 

 Wart-shaped. 



verrucose (vgrook'os) a. [L. verruca, 

 wart.] Covered with wart-like pro- 

 jections (zool., bot.). 



versatile (veYsatil) a. [L. versare, to 

 turn around.] Swinging freely ; 

 appl. anthers (bot.) ; capable of 

 turning backwards and forwards ; 

 appl. bird's toe (zool.). 



versicoloured (veYsikulerd) a. [L. 

 versare, to change ; color, colour.] 

 Variegated in colour (bot.) ; capable 

 of changing colour (zool.). 



vertebra (vgr'tebra) n. [L. vertebra, 

 joint.] Any of the bony or cartila- 

 ginous segments that make up 

 the backbone (anat., zool.) ; one of 

 the ossicles in an ophiuroid arm 

 (zool.). 



vertebra prominens (prom'ingnz), 

 the seventh cervical vertebra (anat.). 



vertebral (vgr'tebral) a. [L. vertebra, 

 joint.] Pert, spinal column (anat.) ; 

 appl. various structures situated 

 near or connected with the spinal 

 column, or with any structure 

 likened to the spinal column (zool.). 



vertebrarterial canal, term applied 

 to the canal formed by the foramina 

 in the transverse processes of the 

 cervical vertebrae or between cervi- 

 cal rib and vertebra (zool.). 



vertebrate (veVtSbrat) a. [L. vertebra, 



joint.] Having a backbone or 

 spinal column (zool.). 



vertebration (ver'tebra'shun) n. [L. 

 vertebra, joint.] Dividing up into 

 segments or divisions resembling 

 vertebrae (emb.). 



vertex (ver'teks) n. [L. vertex, top.] 

 The top of the head ; the highest 

 point of the skull (anat.). 



vertical (veYtlkal) a. [L. vertex, top.] 

 Standing upright ; lengthwise, in 

 direction of axis (bot.) ; pert, vertex 

 of head (zool.). 



vertical margin, the limit between 

 the frons and the occiput in Diptera 

 (zool.). 



verticil (veYtisil) n. [L. verticillus, 

 dim. of vertex, whirl.] An arrange- 

 ment of flowers, structures or in- 

 florescences about the same point 

 on the axis (bot.). 



verticillaster (veYtisilas'ter) n. [L. 

 verticillus, small whorl ; aster, star.] 

 A much condensed cyme with the 

 appearance of a whorl, but in reality 

 arising in the axils of opposite 

 leaves (bot.). 



verticillate (vertis'ilat) a. [L. verti- 

 cillus, small whorl.] Appl. antennae 

 the joints of which are surrounded, 

 at equal distances, with stiff hairs 

 (zool.) ; disposed in verticils (bot.). 



verumontanum (ver'oomonta'num) n. 

 [L. veru, spit ; montanum, moun- 

 tainous.] A small elevation on the 

 floor of the urethra where the 

 seminal ducts enter (anat.). 



vesica (veYika) n. [L. vesica, bladder.] 

 The bladder. 



vesical (veVikal) a. [L. vesica, blad- 

 der.] Pert, or in relation with the 

 bladder ; appl. arteries, etc. (anat.). 



vesicle (ve"s'ikl) n. [L. vesicula, dim. 

 of vesica, bladder.] A small 

 globular or bladder-like air space 

 in the tissues (bol.) ; a small cavity 

 or sac usually containing fluid 

 (zool.) ; a hollow prominence on a 

 shell or coral (zool.) ; one of the 

 three primary cavities of the brain 

 (anat.). 



vesicula (vgsik'ula) n. [L. vesicula, 

 small bladder.] A small bladder- 

 like cyst or sac (anat.). 



vesicula seminalis, a sac in which 

 spermatozoa complete their de- 

 velopment and are stored (zool.). 



